Portrait of Dr. Stephen S. Wise [manuscript], circa 1900-1906.
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Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949
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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...
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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest in 1874. He was one of the foremost leaders of Zionism and Reform Judaism. He was active in the American Jewish Congress, the World Jewish Congress and Zionist Organization of American. He served as a rabbi in New York City from 1893 to 1900. He moved to Portland, Oregon and served as Rabbi for the Temple Beth Israel from 1900 to 1906. He returned to New York and founded the Free Synagogue. From the description of Port...
